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The competition was on Friday & Saturday. There was no one there on Sunday - it was very windy and rainy all day. Many of the sculptures were starting to fall apart on Sunday. |
After it stopped raining we went out to see the sand castles. |
Vino! |
Young grape harvester |
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It was amazing to see how the artist created the effect of a blanket over these two hugging figures. |
Age & Youth |
Futuristic City |
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We visited Sea Turtle, Inc. which was founded by Ila Loetscher in 1977 to aid and assist the protection of the Kemp's Ridley Sea Turtle. |
Here is the link to their website. They have lots of activities for kids and teachers. http://www.seaturtleinc.com/ |
This board demonstrates how many turtles get caught up in trash and mono filament fishing line. |
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Our tour guide and turtle researcher, Lucy Guillen, talks about all the various tanks of turtles. |
This turtle really wants that leaf of lettuce! |
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The turtle had to have metal weights put on its shell so that it could swim. |
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